HONG KONG, Nov. 21 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Around 70 exhibitors
participated in Global Sources' (Nasdaq: GSOL) China Sourcing Fairs Care &
Share charity program donating three truckloads of display samples to people
in need. Non-profit Crossroads International will distribute the items to
people affected by natural disasters, conflict and in economically-depressed
communities.
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The display samples were donated by exhibitors following the October
China Sourcing Fairs: Gifts & Home Products, Electronics & Components and
Fashion Accessories held at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong. Exhibitors donated
products ranging from furniture and toys to healthcare products and consumer
electronics.
Global Sources Chairman and CEO, Merle A. Hinrichs, said: "This year,
even more companies participated in the Care & Share program. This very
worthwhile cause not only helps the needy, but also saves exhibitors money
as they don't have to ship samples back to their home offices."
Director of Crossroads International, Sally Begbie, said: "All these
products are very useful to the people we serve. We're thankful to Global
Sources' exhibitors for their generosity to help those affected by disaster,
poverty and conflict around the world."
Participating donors and further information about the Global Sources
China Sourcing Fairs and the Care & Share charity program is available at
http://tradeshow.globalsources.com/TRADESHOW/HONGKONG-
ELECTRONICS/CHARITY.HTM (Electronics & Components),
http://tradeshow.globalsources.com/TRADESHOW/HONGKONG-FASHION/CHARITY.HTM
(Fashion Accessories), and
http://tradeshow.globalsources.com/TRADESHOW/HONGKONG-GIFTS/CHARITY.HTM
(Gifts & Home Products).
Global Sources will again run the Care & Share program in 2007. Dates
for the upcoming China Sourcing Fairs are:
* Electronics & Components: April 12-15
* Fashion Accessories: April 12-15
* Gifts & Home Products: April 20-23
Information about the China Sourcing Fairs is available at
http://www.chinasourcingfair.com .
Details about Crossroads International are available at
http://www.crossroads.org.hk .
About Global Sources
Global Sources is a leading business-to-business (B2B) media company and
a primary facilitator of two-way trade with Greater China. The core
business is facilitating trade from Greater China to the world, using a wide
range of English-language media. The other key business segment facilitates
trade from the world to Greater China using Chinese-language media.
The company provides sourcing information to volume buyers and
integrated marketing services to suppliers. It helps a community of over
544,000 active buyers source more profitably from complex, overseas supply
markets. With the goal of providing the most effective ways possible to
advertise, market and sell, Global Sources enables suppliers to sell to hard-
to-reach buyers in 230 countries.
The company offers the most extensive range of media and export
marketing services in the industries it serves. It delivers information on
1.8 million products and more than 130,000 suppliers annually through 11
online marketplaces, 10 monthly magazines, over 100 sourcing research
reports and 14 trade shows, including six China Sourcing Fairs. Suppliers
receive more than 8 million sales leads annually from buyers through Global
Sources Online
( http://www.globalsources.com ) alone.
Global Sources has been facilitating global trade for 35 years. In
mainland China it has over 1,500 team members in 44 locations, and a
community of over 1 million registered online users and magazine readers for
Chinese-language media.
About Crossroads International
Established in 1995, Crossroads International ( www.crossroads.org.hk )
is a registered non-profit corporation which receives goods and re-
distributes them to people in need, locally and internationally. Goods
donated will be distributed by Crossroads to registered welfare
organizations for the orphans, elderly, handicapped or disaster victims.
Crossroads will not sell any goods that you donate.
Global Sources Press Contact in Asia:
Camellia So
Tel: +852-2555-5021
Email: cso@globalsources.com
Global Sources Investor Contact in Asia:
Eddie Heng
Tel: +65-6547-2850
Email: eheng@globalsources.com
Global Sources Press Contact in U.S.:
James W.W. Strachan
Tel: +1-602-978-7504
Email: strachan@globalsources.com
Global Sources Investor Contact in U.S.:
Kirsten Chapman & Moriah Shilton
Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates, Inc.
Tel: +1-415-433-3777
Email: kchapman@lhai.com